Eurhabdus jamaicensis, Farr, T. H., 1973

Farr, T. H., 1973, A new species of Eurhabdus from Jamaica (Diptera: Leptogasteridae)., Florida Entomologist 56, pp. 324-326 : 324-325

Eurhabdus jamaicensis sp. nov. (Fig. 1-4)

Male: Length, 9.5 mm. Head black, frons and face silver-white tomentose, greatly narrowed by the encroachment of the nearly holoptic eyes, proboscis short, the hypopharynx protruding, antennal segments 1 and 2 light brown, 3 dark brown with style about 5 times the length of segment 3, posterior head region sparsely grey pollinose.

Thorax black, pronotum grey pollinose; mesonotum polished black dorsally, sparsely pollinose laterally, posterior calli and area immediately posterior distinctly grey pollinose, pleura black with a sparse, grey pollinosity; 1 prealar bristle, a few very short setae dorsally increasing in number posteriorly, and a few (7 to 8) setae in the upper mesopleural area. Scutellum very small, bearing a few, short setae.

Abdomen dark brown, combined segments 1 and 2 and segments 3 and 4 sparsely grey pollinose apically, segment 5 pale brown in apical half, setae scant on first 3 segments but increasing gradually posteriorly and fairly conspicuous on the terminaba.

Wings thickly beset with microtrichiae, violaceous irridescent, apical and posterior margins fringed with relatively long, pale yellow hairs; haltères longer than the thorax, pedicel pale yellow, knob black and distinctly flattened longitudinally.

Legs. Fore and middle legs mostly pale, yellow-brown, but distinctly darker in the apical third of the femora; hind femora light brown, clavate, the clavate portion polished dark brown, but lighter at the apex; hind tibiae grey-brown, dark brown in about the apical quarter, apical third swollen; tarsi dark brown.

Holotype: Male , Portland , Hardwar Gap , " Green Hills ," 20 July 1967, T. H. Farr. U.S.N.M. Type Number 72363 .

Paratypes: Portland , Hardwar Gap , " Green Hills ," 14 September 1964, August 1967; Ecclesdown, 2 mi. S. W. , 24 August 1954. St. Thomas , Bath Fountain , 13 January 1955. All collected by T. H. Farr .

The holotype (Fig. 5) and 1 paratype male, have been placed in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. The other paratypes, 1 male, 2 females, are in the collections of the Institute of Jamaica.

Although I have not seen the holotype, the other specimen of zephyreus identified by Aldrich was loaned to me for study. From it, I could come to no definite conclusion as to whether or not the Costa Rican and Jamaican species are conspecific. Until males of zephyreus are available for study, it seems wiser to consider the Costa Rican and Jamaican species as separate, which they probably are.